ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,557, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to LAPIS TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Image processing device" was invented by Takaaki Akiyama (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure includes a memory, a horizontal synchronization detection circuit, a phase comparator, a lock circuit, a PLL, and a frequency divider. The memory that reads out a written video signal in response to a read clock signal and outputs it as an output video signal. The horizontal synchronization detection circuit detects a horizontal synchronization signal from the video signal. The phase comparator generates a phase difference signal indicating a ...